Well, after a good 16 hours with de-greaser and lots of scrubbing, here's a clean slate for the final phase of take-off. I thought to use a steamer, but none available, and they want near $200 to rent just a high pressure sprayer. No thanks, I did it the hard way.
On a side, my chassis was in the drive-way not 48 hours when my neighbor walked up the drive-way, 1st time in 14 years. He had his 24/7 pouty face on, and only said "how long will this be in the driveway?" I said, "couple days, eye-sore huh?" He says yeah and walks away as I burst out laughing. But then I got teed off and told him to "go back to [insert State]", which is a certain State west of here. I'm not confrontational, but these people are bad. They're not satisfied unless up in your business. They're fully indoctrinated and miserable. Truth is, they probably don't appreciate the looks of my 72 in the driveway like I do. A real shame
Just an observation, gaskets and the hot sun don't mix. My transmission has a slow leak or so, but it was anything but slow sitting in the hot sun. A canvas slowed the leaks to normal, & the gaskets sealed by cooling the transmission with water.